I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. When visiting the U.S. from Germany for a winter academic stay.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

...there is no map of the soul because we make it up as we go...

Computers are idiots whose only virtue is that they can count up to two extremely fast.

If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.

I've always enjoyed family movies anyway. And I grew up loving actors who could hop around and play in something very family friendly, big, playful - and then go and do drama and comedy as well.

The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.

Labeling makes the invisible visible, but it's limiting. Categories are the enemy of connecting. Link, don't rank.

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

However many and however great and burdensome your sins may be, with God there is greater mercy. Just as His majesty is, so likewise is His mercy.